11-letter words containing t, i, g
- ashen light — a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.
- assignments — Plural form of assignment.
- associating — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- asterisking — Present participle of asterisk.
- astigmatism — If someone has astigmatism, the front of their eye has a slightly irregular shape, so they cannot see properly.
- astonishing — Something that is astonishing is very surprising.
- astringence — Alternative spelling of astringency.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astringents — Plural form of astringent.
- astrogation — (in science fiction) navigation in outer space.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- astrologist — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- atherogenic — causing atheroma
- attapulgite — a clay mineral, basic hydrous silicate of magnesium and aluminum, the active ingredient of fuller's earth.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- attenuating — to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire.
- attributing — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- audiologist — the study of hearing disorders, including evaluation of hearing function and rehabilitation of patients with hearing impairments.
- auditioning — Present participle of audition.
- augustinian — of or relating to Saint Augustine of Hippo, his doctrines, or any of the Christian religious orders that were founded on his doctrines
- auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- autoantigen — an antigen of one's own cells or cell products.
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autogenetic — self-generated.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- autoloading — self-loading
- autological — (grammar) Of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes.
- automagical — (of a usually complicated technical or computer process) done, operating, or happening in a way that is hidden from or not understood by the user, and in that sense, apparently “magical”: I just downloaded an automagical update to my word processing software that somehow fixed the problems.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
- baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)